So Donald Bray who comes from Morgan Ceramics/NP Aerospace after Sintx and Morgan Ceramics partnership was disclosed 1.5 years before he joined. Just so happens to join Sintx to help obtain needed certifications for manufacturing, to help setup Sintx to produce Armor/Aerospace products, along with help Sintx acquire IP so Sintx could then supply NP Aerospace armor components it uses for its products according one of its patents. All of that, according to you, has nothing to do with Morgan Ceramics nor NP Aerospace? Just all one giant coincidence that Sintx can now sell aerospace products to Morgan Ceramics after Morgan Ceramics was using Sintx formulation for aerospace application. Just like its one giant coincidence that Sintx got into armor in the first place, as its been a medical company, and acquires equipment and license IP that it can then use to supply NP Aerospace. Then Bray leaves Sintx once armor is brought online as if he completed the tasks he was brought on for; remains on as a consultant. Wow its amazing that all that is not interconnected.
The above must not be examples of Network Collaborations or Strategic Alliance?
Networks: People connected by relationships, which can take on a variety of forms, both formal and informal.
Strategic Alliances: Partnership among organizations working in pursuit of a common goal while maintaining organizational independence. This could mean aligning programs or administrative functions or adopting complementary strategies.
Those 2 examples of Collaborations coupled with Strategic Co-Funding is not what happening between Sintx and Zimmer Biomet either?
Strategic Co-Funding: participating funders make a commitment to the same initiative or same set of grantees, but each separately donates money directly to the grantees to fund a portion of that initiative.
So Sintx and Biomet cofunding a study testing their IP together and donating IP together for another study again testing their IP together, we are aware, are not examples of Strategic Co-funding? Dr Bal, Dr Link, Dr Hofmann (all connected to Zimmer), Dr Pezzotti (Connected to Biomet), plus the many others ive pointed to in the past, are not examples of Network Collaboration? Sintx using U of Nebraska for testing of it IP along with Biomets IP is not an example of this too im sure despite Biomet utilizing this location for years before Sintx began testing there with a strategic partner. Zimmer Biomet's Anti-Infective program with Si3n4 expert Dr Lal is not an example of Strategic Alliance via aligning programs?
Same timeframe as testing at University of Nebraska (2015/2016) using Sintx & Biomet IP:
Together with a strategic partner, we have initiated biomechanical testing of our solid silicon nitride femoral heads. This testing is expected to continue through 2016. If the tests indicate that silicon nitride femoral heads are superior in terms of wear performance, taper corrosion, strength and in vitro hydrothermal stability, we eventually intend to commercialize this product in cooperation with a strategic partner.
Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.
One is an incident, two is a coincidence, three's a pattern, and four is enough for a warrant
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Silicon Nitride, a Close to Ideal Ceramic Material for Medical Application
examples of their medical applications that relate to spinal, orthopedic and dental implants, bone grafts and scaffolds, platforms for intelligent synthetic neural circuits, antibacterial and antiviral particles and coatings, optical biosensors, and nano-photonic waveguides for sophisticated medical diagnostic devices are all covered in the research reviewed herein. The examples provided convincingly show that silicon nitride is destined to become a leader to replace titanium and other entrenched biomaterials in many fields of medicine.
Extra information on the status of a Si3n4 based hip implant:
Silicon nitride, silicon carbide and diamond-like carbon as non-oxide ceramics are considered to be the new generation of materials used in hip prosthetics, particularly in the manufacture of acetabular cups, due to their excellent biocompatibility, osteointegration, and tribological and mechanical properties, but all three materials need more study. However, silicon nitride is the nearest to commercialization, through businesses such as Amedica Corp. and SyntX Technologies